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A Ahad
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PostSubject: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySat Apr 10, 2010 10:27 am

What manner of equipment would I need to attach my Canon 300D to this beast here:

http://www.astro-baby.com/reviews/Sky-Watcher%20130PM/sky%20watcher%20130PM.jpg

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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySat Apr 10, 2010 10:54 am

They generally come with adpters for SLR's, don't they?
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySat Apr 10, 2010 11:07 am

Unfortunately not, Lin. I think they deliberately give you the run around to add more challenge to your hobby.

I spent two hours last night grappling with a T-mount and got nowhere at all.. with prime focus. Now I am going to investigate the "afocal" method:

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That is gonna cost a fortune no doubt..and much frustrations in between. Then there are complications because each piece is specific to a make or model of the manufacturer... vs cost... vs avaialability...vs... so many other things.
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySat Apr 10, 2010 11:14 am

Man, that's a drag. It just seems like the scope should function as the lens
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySun Apr 11, 2010 9:27 am

LOL...A Ahad, when one is smart, things become more challenging. Ask a child...they seem to be able to figure these things out with ease.
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySun Apr 11, 2010 10:36 am

Do they have adapters for cold cameras, Abdul?
Could that adapt to accept you Canon body?
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySun Apr 11, 2010 1:53 pm

I have very little experience with astrophtography, least of all through telescopes. The furthest I went into it was when I photographed Mars back in 2003 during it's closest ever approach to the Earth:


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This was through a compact camera, hence the appaling resolution.

http://www.astroscience.org/abdul-ahad/mars20032.htm

I have since spent some time with a friend who is a professional astrophotographer when I went to Australia a few years ago.

More recently I captured constellations in my garden under very poor light pollution conditions:

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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySun Apr 11, 2010 1:56 pm

One other thing you might look into... I seem to remember way back when I was shooting that it was easier to find a microscope adapter than one for telescopes. Is there a microscope tube that might work with your telescope?
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptySun Apr 11, 2010 2:27 pm

I appreciate you are trying to help. I don't want to confuse myself with fitting misroscope parts with telescope parts... and a Canon camera in the middle.

That could throw me into some pickle!
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I hear you.
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptyMon Apr 12, 2010 3:05 am

Astrophotography using microscope parts would be a separate science altogether, with its own sets of unsolvable complexities:

http://www.truetex.com/micad.htm
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptyMon Apr 12, 2010 7:36 am

LOL

"Oh, my god, it's full of stars!"
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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptyMon Apr 12, 2010 9:08 am

Why go into all this complication... when you can take virtual tours of the night sky from the comforts of your own computer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdAMeINAh8I&feature=related

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PostSubject: Re: Let's talk about the afocal method   Let's talk about the afocal method EmptyMon Apr 12, 2010 2:55 pm

domenic Pappalardo wrote:
LOL...A Ahad, when one is smart, things become more challenging. Ask a child...they seem to be able to figure these things out with ease.

LOL... I'm getting too old for this, Domenic.

It's only a matter of time before I retire to a beach house on the Skeleton Coast...
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